From owner-freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 26 00:55:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6263616A421 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:55:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outZ.internet-mail-service.net (outZ.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25BC913C447 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:55:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from mx0.idiom.com (HELO idiom.com) (216.240.32.160) by out.internet-mail-service.net (qpsmtpd/0.40) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:42:22 -0700 X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (nat.ironport.com [63.251.108.100]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9181264F6; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:42:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46F9AAEC.7050808@elischer.org> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:42:20 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Eischen References: <20070926002038.GA56119@dragon.NUXI.org> <46F9A764.6000008@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: d@delphij.net, obrien@freebsd.org, freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Renaming our threads libs X-BeenThere: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Threading on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:55:40 -0000 Daniel Eischen wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, LI Xin wrote: > >> David O'Brien wrote: >>> We have little time before 7.0-RELEASE to get this right.. >>> >>> For consistency and expectations from users (especially of other OS's), >>> should we ask RE@ to rename libpthread to libkse (or whatever) and >>> rename >>> libthr to libpthread? Remember - what we release 7.0 will be burned >>> into >>> folks Makefile's and vernacular. >> >> Do you mean repocopy from src/lib/libpthread -> src/lib/libkse? Because >> libpthread.so.X is now installed as a symbolic link to actual default >> threading library I think it would be an overkill to rename libthr to >> libpthread, but to reduce confusion it might be better to rename >> lib/libpthread to lib/libkse. > > I think it's fine just the way it is. Everyone currently knows > libpthread and libthr by name. libpthread is currently installed > as libkse. I don't think you need to repo copy the src tree > to match, unless there is too much heartburn over having the > src directory named differently from the library. I think > libthr should remain named as it currently is. > > The links are a convenient way to swap between either of > the two (or future) libraries as default and still leave a > visible sign as to which library is the default. So I > really think those should stay as they are. for clarity I'd revert libpthread to libkse but leave libthr as it is.. >